Heart of Forgiveness

When Jesus was crucified, He cried out to God "forgive them for they know not what they do." He said this even though they had been treating Him so bad, the people had spit on Him, beat Him, nearly to death and mocked Him and now they were getting ready to crucify Him and yet He prayed for forgiveness. In Acts 7:60 Stephen, before he was stoned prayed, "Lord do not charge them with this sin." Stephen had a forgiving heart like Jesus. This is our example of forgiveness. If Jesus could forgive and Stephen could forgive, then can we not forgive also, when people do things against us? Matthew 6:14-15